Gossip: Transfer and rumour - 28 January, 2014

Manchester United and Chelsea may have to wait until
the summer to sign Southampton's left-back Luke Shaw, 18, with time now
running out in this transfer window.
Full story: Independent
Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino is not keen to let
youngster Shaw leave St Mary's Stadium - "At this moment we have no
interest in selling Luke Shaw, and not in the summer either."

Southampton are not keen to sell defender Luke Shaw

Full story: Sun (subscription required) However, Chelsea plan to use the £37.1m
they received from Manchester United for Juan Mata to help beat their
rivals to the signing of the young full-back this week.
Full story: London Evening Standard
West Ham have called off a deal to sign Spanish side
Osasuna's 24-year-old Italian midfielder Raoul Loe after bringing in AC
Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino, 28, on loan.
Full story: Daily Star After the
serious injury suffered by striker Radamel Falcao, 27, Monaco are considering bidding for one of either
Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, 25, or Southampton's
28-year-old forward Dani Osvaldo.
Full story: Daily Express
Napoli are holding further talks to sign Tottenham's
France international defensive midfielder Etienne Capoue after an offer
was rejected a fortnight ago.
Full story: Times (subscription required) Chelsea's 21-year-old goalkeeper Thibaut
Courtois, on loan at Atletico Madrid in Spain, could be swapped by Blues
boss Jose Mourinho for in-form 25-year-old Atletico striker Diego
Costa.
Full story: Daily Mail
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger, 29, could move to
Italy to reunite with former Reds boss Rafael Benitez, if 29-year-old
Swiss midfielder Gokhan Inler is keen to move in the opposite direction.
Full story: Metro Piotr Parzyszek, 20, is a target for West
Ham, with the young striker enjoying a fine season for De Graafschap in
the Dutch second division.
Full story: Daily Express
Chelsea are scouting two Marseille midfielders as
possible late January signings - 21-year-old Giannelli Imbula and
team-mate Florian Thauvin, also 21.
Full story: Inside Futbol QPR boss Harry Redknapp is considering a
move for West Ham full-back Jordan Spence, 23, who can also operate in
central defence.
Full story: GetWestLondon

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United boss David Moyes has
warned his squad that they are running out of time to be part of the
club's future and says: "I'm going to get better players in. There will
be more."
Full story: Times (subscription required)
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says authorities are not
doing enough to help English clubs in Europe and has attacked a schedule
which sees his team face four big matches in 12 days, including a
Champions League encounter with Bayern Munich.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea's Edin Hazard has set his sights on matching the levels of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard, 23, aims to
reach the superstar levels of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - "I
can compete with Messi and Ronaldo in the near future, if I put in some
more effort," he says.
Full story: Guardian
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will leave it to the
last minute to assess whether Wales midfielder Joe Allen, 23, is fit
enough to face Everton on Tuesday.
Full story: Daily Mirror Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis has
denied rumours he will leave the club after becoming frustrated with the
Eagles' inability to attract players during January.
Full story: Daily Star
Stoke boss Mark Hughes is looking forward to working
with Cardiff's Peter Odemwingie, who is expected to move to the
Britannia Stadium in a swap deal with Kenwyne Jones. "He's got a little
pace which we need to add to our squad and he can play both wide and
through the middle," Hughes says.
Full story: Sentinel England's World Cup referee Howard Webb,
who did not take charge of a match in the FA Cup last weekend has again
been overlooked in the midweek programme and will only be the fourth
official in Manchester United's match against Cardiff.
Full story: Sun (subscription required)

GLOBAL GOSSIP (Sourced by BBC Monitoring)

Juventus would seek to recruit
Southampton's 28 year-old Argentinian striker Dani Osvaldo to replace
Mirko Vucinic, if the 30 year-old Montenegro international moves to
Inter Milan.
Full story: Tuttosport (in Italian)
Italian side Lazio are keen to sign West Brom's 34
year-old former France international striker Nicolas Anelka, who spent a
short loan period at Juventus last year.
Full story: L'Equipe (in French) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could seek to
enlist Lyon's France international attacking midfielder Yoann Gourcuff,
27, before the end of the winter transfer window.
Full story: L'Equipe (in French)

AND FINALLY

Is the Manchester United number seven shirt
now regarded as a poisoned chalice? After Antonio Valencia and Michael
Owen failed to impress wearing it, new signing Juan Mata opted to wear
number eight rather than the iconic shirt, worn by the likes of George
Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Full story: Independent
Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo, nicknamed "The
Beast", says he is very different off the pitch and remarks: "I'm very
affectionate as a person. I like to chill out with my family."
Full story: Daily Mail